American Association of University Professors

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As our case, @AAUP v. Rubio wraps up, we begin our case around the Trump administration's attacks on freedom of speech, attacks on our biomedical research infrastructure and his attacks on @Harvard! We will win! @ruaaup

"The real purpose of these show trials is to undermine university autonomy so the federal government can control what faculty research, write, & teach and what students learn and say..." -- @AAUP President @ProfTWolf #HandsOffHigherEd @AFTunion @nysut @CUNYRising @UCAFT

Read 🗞️ of the Day In response to the recent layoffs/buyouts at Duke, AAUP President Todd Wolfson: Faculty members should have a voice in how colleges are run because colleges are not just businesses... loom.ly/mY8I6kc

Supreme Court says the president can’t abolish student debt, but he CAN abolish the Department of Education. This isn’t hypocrisy. It’s end times fascism—a fatalistic politics willing to torch the government and incinerate the future to maintain hierarchy and subvert democracy.

“Right-wing politicians and legislators have learned that a robust, well-regarded accreditation system presents some kind of barriers to, frankly, to their attempts to inject partisan control into institutions of higher education." - @AAUP wusf.org/education/2025…

As a Harvard faculty group’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s immigration policies inches closer to its conclusion, it has become mired in a clash over what evidence the government is required to turn over. @williamcmao and @laurelmshugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

as a cover to implement their fascist vision for our universities. Congress wants us to think that the crisis in our universities is about student speech &public protest. The real crisis is coming from the MAGA movement itself: an unprecedented assault on research funding, (3/4)

Administrators from @CUNY, @UCBerkeley, & @Georgetown are being dragged before the House Committee on Education & Workforce this week so MAGA Republicans can foment a moral panic, using real anxiety over antisemitism (1/3) @aaup @AFTunion @UCAFT

“This hearing is another cynical attempt to use real anxiety about rising antisemitism to ambush university leaders, smear faculty, slash funding, & delegitimize institutions that are essential for a working democracy." PSC President Davis @AFT @NYSUT @AAUP @CUNYRising @UCAFT

"They are trying to weaponize investigations as an excuse to smear and defund public higher education." - @AFT President Randi Weingarten #HandsOffHigherEd @AAUP @NYSUT @UCAFT1966 @CUNYRising

This week, @ChancellorCUNY is being paraded before the House Committee on Education & Workforce so MAGA Republicans can lecture him about what kinds of speech, dissent, and protest are acceptable on our campuses. (1/4)

The @AAUP is in court against the Trump administration's policy of targeting international students who participate in pro-Palestine advocacy for immigration enforcement.

The case was brought by the national AAUP; its Harvard, Rutgers + NYU chapters; + the Middle East Studies Association following the arrest + detention of several noncitizen students and scholars who have spoken out on Palestinian rights. 👇 theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

The injury caused by Trump withholding millions from public schools across this country will be obvious in the days & months ahead. But the “why” matters just as much. Trump promised to return ed to states but is now dictating how they train teachers. abcnews4.com/news/local/tru…

In this trial engaging @AAUP @MESA_1966 et al lawsuit re #TrumpAdmin deporting foreign students for #PalestinianSolidarity, #AcademicFreedom & #1stAmendment rights are at issue. Read theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j… for ideas by witnesses on how #IdeologicalDeportationPolicy harms us.

We're proud to support our national affiliate, @AAUP, in in their lawsuit opposing the Trump administration's ideological arrests and deportations of non-citizen faculty and students.

The @AAUP and partners like Knight First Amendment Institute & @ruaaup will fight for our members freedom of speech, and importantly the right to freedom to dissent from the radical agenda of Trump and Rubio!

Very, very important case: @AAUP nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

Statement on the Departure of University of Virginia President James Ryan ⁦@AAUP⁩ aaup.org/news/statement…

TODAY: A federal district court will consider whether the arrests & deportations of students & faculty for peaceful pro-Palestinian speech are consistent with the 1st amendment. How the court answers this could determine the future of American higher education for generations.